New Books!

I received a Nook for Christmas and I have downloaded several books on it, but to me there is nothing like holding a book in my hand. Now TRAVELING with books is a whole different story because I am usually reading more than one book at a time, and that can cause me to want to drag my carry on through the airport (because my carry on does NOT have wheels). So I went to Cokesbury and spent $165 last week (don't mention this to my husband - he'll find out soon enough). Now one of those books was a new commentary on Romans that includes a CD with all kinds of images, so that was a hefty chunk of change. I am going to encourage our library at the church to start purchasing them. I may even donate mine to them. Stephanie at Cokesbury suggested I get the new controversial book by Rob Bell called "Love Wins". It is good! "Jesus talked about a reality he called the kingdom of God...He spoke of oneness with God...Jesus lived and spoke as if the whole world was a thin place for him , with endless dimensions of the divine infinitesimally close, with every moment, and every location simply another experience of the divine that is all around us, through us, under and above us all the time." (We act)"as if we're trying to play the piano wearing oven mitts. We can make a noise, sometimes even hit the notes well enough to bang out a melody, but it doesn't sound like it could or should." Nursing a sprained ankle, so will start another new book..."Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands:Lessons in Non-Linear Leadership" by Nancy Ortberg. Will quote from it later this week. (Don't you just love that word "infinitessmally"?)